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Questions discussed in this category



Would portal hypertensive gastropathy or colopathy sway you away from using it?

From NCCN (Rectal MS-33): SBRT is a reasonable option for patients who cannot be resected or ablated. What is the role of SBRT versus microwave ablat...

Will the results of the recently published randomized comparison of proton beam therapy (PBT) vs. transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) change the wa...

For example, concerning throbocytopenia or neutropenia during anal cancer treatment with concurrent mitomycin/5FU, or other pelvic malignancies treate...

How do you sequence systemic treatment options for in patients with Child's Pugh B (or greater) in context of IMbrave150 and HIMALAYA? When do you in...

Is there a specific brand or formulation you prefer? The literature supporting the use of probiotics does not standardize the type or dose of probiot...

The patient already received PLADO+sorafenib, Y90, and Atezolizumab/Bevacizumab complicated by recurrent episodes of bleeding from esophageal varices....

Would you offer liver transplant in the setting of metastatic disease? 

Would you reduce dose, e.g. from 30 Gy in 10 fractions to 20 Gy in 5 fractions, or hyperfractionate, e.g. 1.5 Gy bid to 20-30 Gy?

In light of the SIRveNIB trial results and now IMbrave150, what is the role of intra-arterial therapy now?

In a patient with a large primary and a negative PET/CT for nodal disease, would you push for EUS for radiation planning? Or would this be an unnecess...

Would it make a difference if the VTE diagnosis occurs during bevacizumab therapy or whether it preceded the cancer diagnosis?

Do you recommend TACE, RFA, radioembolization, systemic therapy or SBRT?  What if the size is >5 cm?

If so, for what platelet count threshold and do you have a preference as to which agent?

Is there a "best" way to approach treatment of the viral infection i.e concurrently with therapy, prior to therapy, delayed or post therapy? Does this...

Do you have any preferred dose fractionation schedules? What kind of margins do you use?

Arterial events have clear instructions to permanently discontinue on the FDA label.  Especially in HCC without many other treatment options, giv...


Papers discussed in this category


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J. Hepatol., 2016-05-01

Eur. J. Cancer, 2011-09-01

Lancet Oncol., 2015-10-01

Practical radiation oncology, 2015

Radiother Oncol, 2014 Jun

J Clin Oncol, 2013 May 1

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2016-02-10

Practical radiation oncology, 2015

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2017-09-01

J Gastrointest Cancer,

BMC Palliat Care, 2015 Aug 04

Lancet (London, England), 2018-03-24

J. Hepatol., 2019 Apr 06

Gastroenterology, 2018 May 17

Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol., 2018 Nov 28

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2019-10

Clin. Cancer Res., 2015 Oct 23

Invest New Drugs, 2015 Apr 12

J Hepatol, 2021 May 26

N Engl J Med, 2020 May 14

NEJM Evidence, 2022 June 6

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2009-04-10

Cancer, 2019-09-15

Liver Cancer, 2019 Sep 18

Oncotarget,

Blood, 2020 Sep 10

Blood Adv,

The New England journal of medicine, 2018-07-05

J Gastroenterol, 2019 Nov 12

Am Heart J, 2010 Sep 18

N Engl J Med,

Lancet (London, England), 2017-01-07

The Lancet. Oncology, 2019-02

JAMA Oncol, 2020 Dec 10

Hepatology, 2019 Oct 14

Am J Transplant, 2016 Jun 09

Transplantation, 2021 Apr 27

Surgery, 2017 Jun 16

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2015-08-20

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2019 Oct 1

Frontiers in oncology, 2020 Mar 24

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2023 Apr 08

Cancer, 2023 Jul 28

Gastrointestinal endoscopy, 2012-01

Gastrointestinal endoscopy, 2012 Feb

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2018-03-10

N Engl J Med,

Nat Med, 2020 Apr 06

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2023 Jan 09

Cancer, 2023 Jul 06

The Lancet. Oncology, 2023 Dec 08

Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 2023 Jul 10